February 16, 2010 by Marco Zennaro | No comments
HP and Shell develop wireless sensing system for oil exploration
Hewlett Packard and Shell have agreed to develop a wireless sensing system that will be used to acquire high-resolution seismic data for the oil and gas industry.
According to Cliff Saran of ComputerWeekly, the two corporations are in the process of designing wireless accelerometer sensors, similar to the controllers used in the Nintendo Wii, but a “thousand times more accurate.”
The sensors are apparently based on microelectromechanical devices (Mems), which were originally developed for HP print heads.
“These Mems devices have been developed to take electrical signals and convert them to ink droplets,” HP spokesperson Rich Duncombe told Computer Weekly.
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